Calling all VR / Hardware troubleshooting gurus...

[The_Bullet_Chef]

Hello DCS community...

 

May I please request some assistance from anyone who has an idea about VR - 'Blue Screen of Death issues'...? Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.

 

In short, I'm trying to troubleshoot the reason why using my Reverb G2 causes the dreaded 'Blue Screen of Death' 99% of the time I use it with DCS (and I think any other title). It can be 3 minutes after commencing a flight / mission, or 20 minutes - the timing is random.

 

*** Further to that, I can be playing using the monitor (2D), and if the Reverb is simply plugged in (Display Port, USB 3 & Power Adapter) even without WMR & Steam VR running, then DCS will still BSOD at any random time after starting to play ***

 

SYMPTOM:

 

- Blue Screen of Death with varying error messages, causing a reboot of the PC

- Timing can be at any stage of gameplay (2 minutes or 30 minutes)

- I can play DCS all day long using the Monitor, but if the Reverb is plugged in & idle in the background (even without WMR or Steam VR running) I'll still get the BSOD after a random amount of time

 

BASIC SYSTEM SPECS:

 

- i7 8700k - water cooled

- 32MB 3600Mhz DDR4 RAM

- ASUS Strix ROG 370-G Motherboard

- Gigabyte RTX 3090 OC Edition GPU

- Corsair RM-1000W PSU

- Windows 10 - 20H2

 

TROUBLESHOOTING SO FAR:

 

- Updates Updates Updates! Windows 10, BIOS, latest Nvidia drivers (clean install after using DDU in Safe Mode)

- Re-Rack of GPU

- Thorough check of all PSU wiring & plugs (GPU is using two seperate PSU Cables / Sockets)

- 100% Stress / Thermal testing (using both AIDA64 and Superposition) GPU & CPU temps are quite good with no issues.

- Plugging the Reverb USB into different USB 3 ports

- Plugging the DP Cable into different GPU DP ports

- Device Manager - USB Power Management Tab, preventing any / all of them from 'saving power / powering down'

 

*** Am I missing something basic? May I please put it out there to anyone that is more 'Hardware Tech Savvy' or has seen this before? Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated ***

 

Cheers...

 

 

 

[Csgo GE oh yeah]

By no means an expert, but is anything overclocked ? 
People always leave this information out for some reason. 
I'm not saying 'go to stock settings because overclocking is bad bla bla" (my 8700k is @5,2 ghz , 27/7) but IF overclocked, try to lower your OC a little bit first. 

Stress tests are (in my experience) not a terribly reliable stability test. 

[dburne]

You would probably get more feedback in the VR subforum.

https://forums.eagle.ru/forum/302-virtual-reality/

[Thinder]

The G2 works with Mixed Reality and Microsoft have been releasing really bad updates which people have been complaining about for a while.

 

Try uninstalling the last batch of updates and see if it changes anything, I had a G2 and I'm not unhappy to have got rid of it for this reason, its dependency on Microsoft updates is too much especially because they offer little support and doesn't seem to be taking responsibility or giving much support for their faulty updates.

 

Uninstalling Microsoft Mixed reality and trying the Steam version could help too, other than that I can't really be of much help.

[The_Bullet_Chef]

Hey guys,

 

Thanks for your feedback - after days of troubleshooting and pulling out my hair, I've found the cause and seem to have nailed it.

 

I plan on writing up a detailed explanation about the resolution this evening in the hope of helping anyone else who may be suffering the same symptoms.

 

Cheers..

[Thinder]

6 hours ago, The_Bullet_Chef said:

Hey guys,

 

Thanks for your feedback - after days of troubleshooting and pulling out my hair, I've found the cause and seem to have nailed it.

 

I plan on writing up a detailed explanation about the resolution this evening in the hope of helping anyone else who may be suffering the same symptoms.

 

Cheers..

 

Since we all have different experiences with this, it's gonna be interesting to be able to compare ytour finding to ours...